Hi,

I have been selected as the Operational Directorate (opsdir) reviewer for this Internet-Draft. 

The Operational Directorate reviews all operational and management-related Internet-Drafts to ensure alignment with operational best practices and that adequate operational considerations are covered.

A complete set of _"Guidelines for Considering Operations and Management in IETF Specifications"_ can be found at https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-opsarea-rfc5706bis/.

While these comments are primarily for the Operations and Management Area Directors (Ops ADs), the authors should consider them alongside other feedback received.


- Document: draft-ietf-opsawg-oam-characterization-15

- Reviewer: Tim Chown

- Review Date: 21 Jan 2026

- Intended Status: BCP

 
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## Summary 

Choose one: 

- Has Nits: This document is basically ready for publication but has nits that should be considered prior to publication.


## General Operational Comments Alignment with RFC 5706bis 

This is the third time I've reviewed this draft. I think recent iterations have given the document a good focus. 

It serves a very useful purpose in clarifying the use of OAM terminology, and its qualifiers, especially of "in-band" and "out-of-band" which it recommends against using.

 

  

## Major Issues 

There are no remaining major issues in the draft.

 

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## Minor Issues 

There are no minor issues.

 
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## Nits 

I like that at the start of section 3 the document states "This document recommends avoiding the terms "in-band" and "out-of-band" when referring to OAM. Instead, it encourages the use of more fine-grained and descriptive terminology."

I think these two sentences, at the very least the first, should be added to the abstract (maybe expanding the second paragraph) and to the text in Section 2 (maybe at the end of the penultimate paragraph).  I suspect the focus of the draft has moved over time and the abstract not been updated to reflect that.


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Tim